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110. Picus MAJOR, Linnaeus. Great Spotted Wood- 



pecker. 



Rare. Nests in the Brocklesby woods and plan- 

 tations. More frequently met with in the autumn in 

 North-east Lincolnshire and Holderness. In some 

 years at this season they are not uncommon. 



111. Picus MINOR, Linnaeus. Lesser Spotted Wood- 



pecker. 



Rare. Occurs in a few localities in the district, 

 where it breeds. Is found in the Brocklesby woods ; 

 also, as Mr. Adrian, of Lincoln, informs me, in the 

 neighbourhood of Lincoln. He has had both the 

 bird and eggs from Newbold Wood, also from Nocton 

 Park, and birds in summer from Fillingham Park and 

 Blankney, as well as other places. 



112. Picus VILLOSUS, Linnaeus. Hairy Woodpecker. 



An American species. One obtained in the north 

 of Yorkshire, near Whitby, early in 1849 (see ' Zoolo- 

 gist' for that year, p. 2496). 



113. YUNX TORQUILLA, Linnaeus. Wryneck. 



Extremely rare. I have not met with the Wryneck 

 in North Lincolnshire*. One, a female, was caught 

 in a garden at Flamborough on the 13th of May, 



* Colonel Montagu observed it near the coast of Lincolnshire, 

 but believes it is rarely found, except where there are old and 

 decayed pollard elin trees (Mont. Diet. British Birds, p. 395). 



